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olden days; former

11

trial and error

5

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

3

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

12

to concern; to be related

3

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

3

professor; teaching; instruction

1

hint

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

2

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

4

next day

3

first thing in the morning

2

forcibly; against one's will

1

to drag out

1

slave; servant; slavery

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

1

clothes; outfit; uniform

1

to change one's clothes

2

residence; mansion

1

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

2

cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

1

(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act

2

man-eating fiend

1

flexible; lithe; soft; pliable

2

day before yesterday

3

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

4

to return; to come back

3

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

2

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

1

work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking

1

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

3

wanton sporting

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

2

Takamura Koutarou

1

ostrich (Struthio camelus)

1

to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

2

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

1

to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce

2

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

10

to press down; to hold down; to pin down

1

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

9

over-all length; span

3

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

4

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

11

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

1

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

1

to grapple; to wrestle

1